April 1, 2010 · Each year millions of hikers trek all or some of the Appalachian Trail, but a new report by the National Parks Conservation Associations says the trail faces many threats and challenges. The trail runs about 2,178 miles from Maine to Georgia and is one of more than 300 properties managed by [...]
The Joys of Maintaining the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
My husband, Lenny, and I have been maintaining a section of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail for more than 20 years, first in New York State and now on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee. For the last eight years, we’ve been the proud adoptive parents of 4.9 miles from Devils Fork Gap to [...]
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Georgia Road Closed for Months
GA 348 (where Hogpen Gap is, just North of Neel Gap) is CLOSED do to wintertime damage. They estimate that it will be months before it is usable. For now, it is illegal to drive on much of it; people planning section hikes here, or those planning to meet or slack their friends should know [...]
Water Gap Diner owner dies of injuries from Monday morning fire
By Beth Brelje Pocono Record Writer March 23, 2010 Water Gap Diner owner Regis Ioannidis feared floods but he didn’t expect the Monday morning fire that took his life. Ioannidis, 72, lived in an apartment above the diner and was likely asleep when the blaze started around 4 a.m. Share on Facebook
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Mary Parry’s eyes got a little misty Wednesday night as members of the Duncannon Fire Department used high-powered, hydraulic speedway cutters and the Jaws of Life to dissect her 1984 Dodge Diplomat. Share on Facebook
Appalachian Trail Museum to open in June
GARDNERS, Pa. The nation’s most famous hiking trail will soon have a museum to house its artifacts and tell its story. The Appalachian Trail Museum will open June 5 in a 200-year-old grist mill at Pine Grove Furnace State Park, about two hours north of Baltimore and just two miles from the halfway point of [...]
Georgia Shuttle
Ron Haven runs a free shuttle from Hiawassee Inn that leaves 8:30am going to Unicoi by 9:00 and Dick Gap by 9:30 7 days a week. Don’t forget Ron’s other motels in Franklin, NC. http://havensbudgetinn.com/ http://thesapphireinn.com/ Share on Facebook
Franklin receives AT Community designation
By Marla Dalrymple Staff Writer The Town of Franklin has received designation as an Appalachian Trail Community. A proclamation will be signed declaring Franklin the first Southern Region Appalachian Trail Community on Tuesday, Mar. 23. Hikers are already beginning to trickle into Franklin as they make their way along the Appalachian Trail. Now, with the [...]
Appalachian Trail Celebration & Backpacking Clinic Schedule
9:00 am GATC – Caretakers of the Georgia section of the AT, learn what they do and how they do it! 10:00 am Gene Espy- the second man to thru-hike the AT in 1951 faced different challenges than today’s hikers. Author of The Trail of my Life, the legendary hiker shares his stories of the [...]
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